The failing of residential audio racks

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Why is it that manufacturers of residential audio racks have no cable trays or cable anchor points running in the horizontal direction? I find that absurd especially in home theater racks where equipment is often located beside one another? I came to this conclusion after spending from 1:30pm to 9:30pm yesterday without break and skipping supper to rewire my basement system.

The before

The after

Lucky for me there was space between the supports and the glass shelf so that I could run velcro cable ties and tie off the cables to the supports as shown by the yellow lines.

The last pic s that of the AVR. I used velcro cable markers that are writeable and labelled the cables coming into the AVR. Yellow markers are all HDMI and identify the source component, white markers are for the cassette decks labelled with the source deck, abd blue...I forgot what the blue marker is for

I should have dusted while I was back there.

 

[Mikado463]

Good Lord.......

I do like your slippers though ......

 

[Bobby Bass]

Why is it that manufacturers of residential audio racks have no cable trays or cable anchor points running in the horizontal direction? I find that absurd especially in home theater racks where equipment is often located beside one another? I came to this conclusion after spending from 1:30pm to 9:30pm yesterday without break and skipping supper to rewire my basement system.

The before
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The after

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Lucky for me there was space between the supports and the glass shelf so that I could run velcro cable ties and tie off the cables to the supports as shown by the yellow lines.

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That looks way too familiar.

The last pic s that of the AVR. I used velcro cable markers that are writeable and labelled the cables coming into the AVR. Yellow markers are all HDMI and identify the source component, white markers are for the cassette decks labelled with the source deck, abd blue...I forgot what the blue marker is for
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I should have dusted while I was back there.

 

[Mark E. Long]

Brother I thought I was the only one with that many cables . I need to do that myself .

 

[3db]

Brother I thought I was the only one with that many cables . I need to do that myself .

It sucks doin it but will make ya feel better afterwards. I thought the thumbs down was a mistake or just pointing to the mess

 

[3db]

I don't see a message.

 

[Mark E. Long]

It sucks doin it but will make ya feel better afterwards. I thought the thumbs down was a mistake or just pointing to the mess

No no big fingers little screen lol definitely a mistake! Yea my rig is tore clean down for an amp repair and a cable change just running on the Yamaha’s amps for now hey no cable mess lol . I guarantee mine is worse too 3 amps , 3 eq’s takes a lot of cables to make it work . I’ll never judge a bunch of cables by how there . I made my own cabinet to fit all this gear in and I built it so it has backs in 3 bays to hide it lol it’s dark in there and nobody but me knows it’s a mess but me lol .

 

[Bobby Bass]

I don't see a message.

That’s weird. I typed, that looks familiar. Cable management has always been a challenge and the more equipment I get the tougher the challenge.

 

[3db]

That’s weird. I typed, that looks familiar. Cable management has always been a challenge and the more equipment I get the tougher the challenge.

I agree on both of your points.